Article Archive

Following are articles, editorials, press releases, and reports we have we have previously sent to our members. If there is something in particular you are looking for that you do not find, please let us know info@wafriends and we’ll do our best to locate it for you.

May 31, 2012
Costs of Endangered Species Lawsuits
Press release

May 17, 2012 – Capital Press
Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Federal Spending
Editorial

May 10, 2012
Hastings holds NMFS Accountable for Rules Impacting Central Washington
Press release

April 20, 2012
WSU Announces Grant
Press release

April 9, 2012 – Associated Press
BiOp5 Makes the News
By Jeff Barnard

February 21, 2012
CropLife America Moves to Dismiss Extremist Endangered Species Act “Mega” Lawsuit 
Press release

June 13, 2011 – Daily Sun
Guest Column: Farmers’ Concerns Spreading Like Wildfire
By Dan Newhouse;

June 1, 2011
Washington Farm Exports Reach Record Pace
WSDA

May 24, 2011 – Press Release
Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA Fisheries Launch Effort to Improve Implementation of the Endangered Species Act
By US Fish & Wildlife;

May 20, 2011 – Wenatchee World
Pesticides are Used for a Reason
By Tracy Warner

March 10, 2011 – Capital Press
Court clears way for pesticide makers to challenge NMFS
By Mateusz Perkowski

September 23, 2010 – The Associated Press
Genetically altered salmon just the beginning
By Seth Borenstein and Malcom Ritter

September 21, 2010 – Capital Press
Farmers caught in fight over buffers
By Mitch Lies

September 16, 2010 – Capital Pres
ESA requires real repairs
Editorial

July 23, 2010 – Capital Press
Science panel debunks ‘dirty dozen’ list
By Mitch Lies

July 12, 2010 – Associated Press
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Names Science Advisor

July 12, 2010 – Associated Press
Columbia River sockeye run breaks 1955 record

June 22, 2010 – Globe and Mail – Toronto, Canada
Organic pesticides can be worse than synthetic: study

October 16, 2009 – Capital Press
Taxes fund environmental suits
By Mitch Lies

September 18, 2009 – Capital Press
Industry blasts buffer mandates
By Mitch Lies

September 14, 2009 – Associated Press
EPA puts limits on 3 pesticides to protect salmon
By Phuong Le

June 19, 2009 – Associated Press
UN: World hunger reaches 1 billion mark
By Alessandra Rizzo

June 2, 2009
Governor Gregoire does her own thing on climate change after Legislature fails to pass bill

May 24, 2009 – Yakima Herald-Republic
WSU to reintegrate the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences (CAHNRS)
By Ross A. Courtney

May 27, 2009 – Capital Press
States issue fines for pesticide violations on onions
By Mitch Lies

April 6, 2009
Three Companies File Suit Against the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service Over Proposed Restrictions on Agricultural Products

March 24, 2009
WSU to reintegrate the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences (CAHNRS)
By Dan Bernardo, Dean, CAHNRS -

March 19, 2009 - Capital Press
Pesticide mixes face added scrutiny
By Heather Hansen w/ response by Cookson Beecher

March 3, 2009 – Kodiak Daily Mirror
Refuge will keep using herbicides while lawsuit plays out
By Bradley Zint,

February 26, 2009 – Capital Press
EPA Adviser Wants To Improve Links With AG
By Matthew Weaver,

February 19, 2009
Washington’s agricultural exports soar 60 percent in 2008
WSDA

February 4, 2009 – Seattle Post Intelligencer
Pesticide panel on chopping block
By Robert McClure

January 4, 2009 – Chicago Tribune
Agriculture’s Next Big Challenge
By George McGovern and Marshall Matz

November 30, 2008 – McClatchy Newspapers
Tracking network spills secrets of NW salmon
By Les Blumenthal

November 21, 2008 – Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Bulletin
NOAA Pesticides BiOp Says Three Chemicals Endanger Salmon; Calls For Buffer Zones

November 21, 2008
NOAA Fisheries issues Biological Opinion on insecticides and salmon

November 14, 2008 – Spokesman Review
Timber company plans more clear-cuts
w/ response by Bruce Alber

November 11, 2008
New Faces in the Legislature in 2009

November 4, 2008
WSU Scientist Named New Director of WSU Puyallup Research and Extension Center

October 21, 2008 – Risk Policy Report, Vol. 15, No. 43
Agencies Clash Over Risks Pesticides Pose To Endangered Species

October 13, 2008 – Press Release
Changes Proposed for the 2009 Noxious Weed List
Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board

October 6, 2008
Citing Cost, USDA Kills Pesticide-Testing Program

October 10, 2008
Soil Fumigant Risk Mitigation Measures

August 20, 2008 – Bee Culture Magazine
Credibility Collapse Disorder:
Credibility Collapse Disorder:Why We Should Be Skeptical of Pesticide Conspiracy Theories

August 12, 2008 – Seattle P-I
3 Pesticides Singled Out in Report as Threat to Salmon

August 1, 2008 – Greenwire
PESTICIDES: Poisonings from ‘safer’ pesticides on rise

August 1, 2008 – Associated Press
Oregon Issues First State Chemical Use Report

July 31, 2008 – Seattle Times
National Marine Fisheries Services to Review Effects of Pesticides on Salmon and Steelhead

July 18, 2008 – Seattle P-I
County Removes Pesticide Guide

July 17, 2008
EPA Announces Availability of Reregistration Eligibility Decision for Soil Fumigant Pesticides

July 14, 2008
Tiny Fruit Fly Big Problem:
Cherry Pest Causes Shipper to Lose California Shipments

July 10, 2008
Stricter Safety Rules Ordered for Pesticides

July 10, 2008
EPA Strengthens Controls on 5 Common Pesticides

WSDA Newsletter -  July 10, 2008
WSDA & Ecology Release 2007 Surface Water Monitoring Data

June 6, 2008
Candidates for Pesticide Panel Need to Focus on Science

May 18, 2008
Pesticide Panel: Finding Fair Advice

May 16, 2008
Governor’s Disputed Pesticide Panelist Resigns

May 6, 2008
Gregoire Pick for Pesticide Panel Questioned

April 18, 2008
Groups Sue Over Chemicals

April 17, 2008
WSU Scientist Receives $510,000 Grant to Study Fertilizer

March 30, 2008
Monitoring Stations Keep an Eye on Pesticide Drift

March 26, 2008
Support Landowners Who Keep Their Property in Forestry

March 5, 2008
Public Misinformed About Pesticides

February 23, 2008
Farmworker Groups Ask Judge to Undo EPA’s Decision on Pesticide

February 22, 2008
Eat Your Veggies, Organic or Otherwise

February 16, 2008
Pesticide Brew Spells Trouble for Salmon

February 13, 2008
Report: Poor Farmers Looking to Biotech

February 8, 2008
Wheat Industry Releases Brakes on GMO

February 1, 2008 – Seattle P-I
EPA responds to Seattle PI article on pesticide regulation